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The Wilful Abuse of Positive Thinking
I was reading about Admiral James Stockdale, highest ranking officer in the "Hanoi Hilton" in Viet Nam as written by author Thomas Barnett. Stockdale spent eight years as a prisoner of war in Hanoi and was tortured numerous times by his captors. Four of his eight years were in solitary.

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The Wilful Abuse of Positive Thinking
I was reading about Admiral James Stockdale, highest ranking officer in the "Hanoi Hilton" in Viet Nam as written by author Thomas Barnett. Stockdale spent eight years as a prisoner of war in Hanoi and was tortured numerous times by his captors. Four of his eight years were in solitary.

SME Financing
On friday I had an interesting meeting with Mr.James Kachangati of FSDKenya, James is the head of GrowthFin and had been informed about TIDE from one of our partners, which aroused some interest from him. The meeting was to start at noon but I arrived at about half past after getting lost on my way there, nevertheless James was welcomed me and proceeded to brief me on what FSDKenya does.

How to seize opportunities
Having the ability to seize opportunities is vital if you want to be enterprising. This skill can be developed and will help you to start up or grow your business. Sue Stockdale saw the chance to become a polar adventurer, something she had always dreamed of, when she noticed a newspaper advert. By grabbing the opportunity it changed her life dramatically and became the reason she started up her company, Mission Possible. Read about how you need to be thinking in order to grab opportunities when they appear.

Setting up an effective home office
When you are starting out in business one of the first decisions that you will have to take is where to locate your business – in your home or in office premises? If you choose your home, it is useful to take some time to plan how you will set it up before you begin, as it will make life much easier in the long run. Sue Stockdale offers some tips to help you set up an effective home office.

The ingredients of strong leadership and what really counts
Learn about what really counts as a leader when you are striving to achieve tough goals. Sue Stockdale uses her own experience from polar expeditions to explain how using a transformational style can be really effective in both business and the world of adventure.
30 ways to get motivated
If you are feeling a bit jaded or needing to motivate yourself to get going in business, then here are 30 suggestions from Sue Stockdale, to help you get energised and excited about your business again!
PROPOSAL WRITING STAY ON TARGET PROPOSALS WITH FOCUS WIN NEW BUSINESS
By Mike Schultz Like a Poor Marksman You Keep…Missing…The Target! - Admiral James T. Kirk If you don't know your destination, any road will get you there. When prospects for your services ask for a formal proposal, they are telling you their desired destination: a business relationship with you. And they're asking you to answer the question, “What road do we take to get there?” Since it's your job to give directions, you want to tell them the straightest, shortest, and easiest route. After all, you don't want them to get lost along the way, or so tired on the path that they give up before they get to the end.

Growing Your Business in a Difficult Economy
Admiral James Stockdale was the highest ranking American POW during the Vietnam War. He was held for more than 8 years and after his release wrote a book Love and War that described how he was able to not just survive the ordeal but actually thrive when many others didn’t. The story of his absolute confidence that he would survive coupled with his ability to confront the brutal facts of his current reality came to be known as the “Stockdale Paradox”. Many years later Jim Collins wrote his business masterpiece Good to Great and demonstrated how many companies used the “Stockdale Paradox” to survive and thrive in tough times while many of their competitors fell by the wayside or disappeared completely.

Direct Sales Strategies- Building Instant Rapport for Sales Success
James is the most popular name for males in the United States accounting for over 4.8 million individuals. Dennis happens to be the 40th most popular, given to just over 600 thousand. If that is the case, why is your dentist more likely to be named Dennis than James? More importantly, how is that relevant to the profession of selling?
Pinpointing My Leadership Position
In 1707, Great Britain lost four warships and 2,000 sailors on the rocks of the Scilly Islands, located off the southwest coast of England. It wasn't that the location of the rocks was unknown; indeed, the maps of the area were clear and accurate. The problem was the ships' location. On that dark and foggy night, Admiral Clowdisley Shovell and his navigators tragically miscalculated exactly where they were.

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